Originally Posted by
Dee74 
I think tough love needs a relationship to work, yeah. Something I hear from a mate is a whole different thing to something some stranger yells at me in the street.
It might be no less true but my reaction is likely to be different
It's sometimes easy to forget that here, I think
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Another good insight. Context is everything in a world that relies largely on text interpretation to communicate. I've had regrets on more than one occasion when I've prematurely commented without knowing enough about the OP.